The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers · Character
Simon the Shoemaker
An Athenian shoemaker who turned his workshop into a Socratic salon, proving that philosophy could thrive as easily on leather as in the Academy.
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Athenian leather-cutter who recorded Socrates' sayings and authored thirty-three dialogues.
Simon the Shoemaker first appears in 0028 simon.
In Simon: Athenian leather-cutter who recorded Socrates' sayings and authored thirty-three dialogues.
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- Major Philosophers and Biographers
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